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Comment by NexiNet

Did some basic testing on this one today to see how having the buff compares to losing the secondary stats, probably not the biggest set of test data but the basic idea was to work out the internal cooldown and stat gain against having a flat 200 secondary stats available on a 2h staff of the same ilvl.

From proc to proc on a target dummy, the duration in seconds varied from almost 3 and a half minutes, to as low as 38 seconds:38, 63, 95, 136, 52, 51, 141, 208, 43

This averaged out to about 1 proc every 90 seconds which seems like a reasonably assumption to work our math around and with each stage of the buff lasting 3 seconds.

This gives us 280 less effective stats over the 90 second duration compared to a standard weapon with secondary stats. Whether you prefer consistency or the boost in power that having periods of high haste grants you is entirely up to you. Though I've seen the staff proc within 5 seconds of the first buff drop off so in an ideal world, the effectiveness could be a great deal higher.

Comment by Rorixis

This staff is 0.7 proc per minute but on average the haste you get is less than just having baseline stats on your staff.

HOWEVER - ppm scales with haste and this is 1 stat instead of 2 on a regular staff. So if you are stacking haste and you want more haste in random periods then this is pretty awesome. Otherwise stay away from it.

Comment by sbensen

I just received a 385 version of this as shadow priest. Any ideas on how to best utilize the haste boost, or just play as normal? Throw a bender out at the 15 second mark? iunno.